Geoege lucas mason



0e G. L. MASON.

OOVER FASTENING.

No. 362,170. Patented May 3, 1887.

1; HHII- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE LUCAS MASON, OF BROOKFIELD, VERMONT.

COVER-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110,362,170, dated May 3,1887.

Application filed August 5, 1886. Serial No. 210,139. (ModeL) To aZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE Lucas IVIASON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brookfield, in the county of Orange and State ofVermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tub andBox Cover Fastenings, of which the following is a specification,reference being bad therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in fastenings for the covers oftubs and boxes; and it consists in the combination, with a vessel, of acover having a dependent rim, and a fastening device secured to theinside of and projecting below the rim and capable of being secured tothe vessel by a nail or equivalent device passing through it into thevessel, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to securely fasten the cover in positionafter it has been closed without the necessity of having to useexpensive fastenings or to drive nails through the cover in order tohold it.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a tub to which my invention is applied.Fig. 2 is an inverted perspective of the cover.

A represents a box or tub of any suitable description, and B a-covertherefor provided with a depending flange, C, in the usual manner.Secured to the inner side of this flange, and projecting downward anysuitable distance below its lower edge, are a suitable number of beforethe nails or tacks have been driven through them into the tub or afterthey have been withdrawn. These strips prevent the cover from becomingaccidentally displaced while the tub or box is in transportation, andhence prevent the goods from becoming soiled, lost,'or abstracted.

Having thus described my invention, I clai1n The combination, with thevessel, of a cover having a depending rim, and fastening devices securedto the inside of and projecting below the rim and capable of beingsecured to the vessel by a nail or equivalent device passing through itinto the vessel, as and for the purpose set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I do affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE LUCAS MASON.

Witnesses:

WM. B. VIALL, G. C. BUDLE.

